Steve Bennett (referee)

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Stephen Graham Bennett (born 17 January 1961 in Farnborough, Kent, England) is an English football referee and is regarded to be amongst the best referees in the FA Premier League . Bennett has been a referee since 1984. Since 1995 he has refereed in the English Football League, and since 1999 in the FA Premier League. In 2001 he was appointed as an official FIFA referee. Bennett refereed the 2005 League Cup final between Chelsea and Liverpool.

Aside from being a referee, Steve Bennett is also a teacher as is his wife.

He took charge of the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg match between SL Benfica and FC Barcelona; the game ending 0 - 0. Barcelona won the return match, setting up a final with Arsenal. In late 2005, he officiated the World Cup qualifier between Norway and Moldova.

Contents 1 Career Statistics 2 Facts and Trivia 2.1 3 red cards in a game 2.2 10 cards in a game 3 External links

[edit] Career Statistics

Season	Games	Yellows	Y per game	Reds	R per game
1997/1998	36	128	3.56	12	0.33
1998/1999	39	162	4.15	10	0.26
1999/2000	33	107	3.24	2	0.06
2000/2001	31	87	2.81	8	0.26
2001/2002	33	105	3.18	8	0.24
2002/2003	38	148	3.89	7	0.18
2003/2004	35	103	2.94	12	0.34
2004/2005	42	169	4.02	10	0.24
2005/2006	42	141	3.36	12	0.29

[edit] Facts and Trivia

[edit] 3 red cards in a game

• October 1997, Portsmouth (Thompson) v. Bradford (Kulcsar, Pepper)
• January 2001, Tottenham (Sullivan) v. Newcastle (Solano, Dyer)
• November 2006, Colchester (Barker) v. Southend (Maher, Gower)

[edit] 10 cards in a game

• October 1998, Notts County v. Lincoln (8 x yellow, 2 x red)
• November 2002, Tottenham v. Leeds (10 x yellow)
• March 2005, Bolton v. Arsenal (9 x yellow, 1 x red)
• June 2006, Spain v. Bosnia and Herzegovina (8 x yellow, 2 x red)

[edit] External links

• Portrait of the Premier League
• Steve Bennett refereeing statistics at soccerbase.com